Henri sandoz



(No Model.)

H.SAND0Z BOX POR REPBATING WATCHES. No. 407,040. Patented July 10, 1880.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRI SANDOZ, OF LOCLE, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR T() ADOLPIIE SOHVOB, OF NElV YORK, iT. Y.

BOX FOR REPEATlNG-WATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,040, dated July 16, 1889.

Application filed February 9, 1889. Serial No. 299,271. (No model.)

Io peating-watches, and which box is so con-` structed that the repeating mechanism of the watch can be operated without requiring the opening of a box or removal of the watch.

The invent-ion consists in a wooden box I provided on the upper surface of its bottom with an annular raised part, forming a receptacle for the repeating-watch, the cover of the box being provided with aswinging lever having a pin that can acton the repeating- 2o mechanism pusher of the watch, the annular receptacle ot the watch being provided with a recess in its top edge to permit such movement of the pusher.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is 2 5 a front view of my improved box for repeating-watches, the box being open and parts broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the box opened. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the box closed on the line x, Fig. l. Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts.

The box A is provided with a hinged cover B. On the upper surface of the bottom of the box a raised annular receptacle O for a repeating-watch is formed, said receptacle having a notch D for the watch-pendant and the segmental recessE in its top edge, so that when the watch is placed into said receptacle the pendant will be in the notch D and the pusher G ot the repeating mechanism will be in the recess E. In the cover B a lever Il is pivoted, the free end ot' which projects through a slot Z in the front edge ot the cover. The lever H is provided with a pin J,

A spring M, secured to the inner end ot' the lever K, throws the 5o outer end of said lever in the direction ot' the arrow 0c.

The repeating-watch is placed into the case and the cover swung down. When it is desired to sound the repeating mechanism Without opening the box, the outer end of the lever lI is pressed in the inverse direction of the arrow ai', and then released, when it is thrown back by the spring M. By the movement of the lever in the inverse direction of 6o the arrow fr the pusher of the repeating mechanism is shifted to bringin tension the spring of the repeating mechanism, which is thus operated. The box A acts as a soundingboard for the repeater and materially increases the sound of the same, so that the repeater mechanism can be distinctly heard, although the box is closed. The box containing the watch is usually placed on a table or support adjacent to the bed,so as to be in 7o convenient reach of the person occupying the bed. These tables usually have marble top plates, and when my Aimproved box is placed upon the marble plate the sound is increased still more, so as to be very distinct and clear.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A watch-box provided with a receptacle for holding a repeating-watch in fixed posi- 8o tion, a lever, and a pin projecting from said lever adjacent to the pusher of the repeatingwatch in the receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. A watch-box having a receptacle 'for 8 5 holding a repeating-watch in fixed position,

a lever provided with a pin which is adjacent to the pusher of the repeating-watch, and a spring acting on said lever, substantially as set forth. 9o

3. A watch-box provided with a receptacle for holding a' repeating-watch in fixed position, a lever pivoted to the cover of the box and projecting through a slot in the front edge of the box, and a pin on said lever adjacent to the pusher of the repeating-watch, substantially as set forth.

4. A watch-box provided with an annular receptacle for holding a repeating-Watch, In testimony that I Claim the foregoing as which receptacle has a notch for the Wafrehmyinvention I have signed my name in prespendant and a recess in which the pusher of ence of tWo Witnesses.

the repeating-Watch can he moved, a lever HENRI SANDOZ. 5 pivoted on the box, and a pin projecting from XVitnesses:

sadlever adjacent to the pusher of the re- AUGUSTE CHOPARD,

peztting-wateh, substantially as set forth. SALOMON SETWOOD. 

